Football Headline

Tuesday March 4, 2014Gator Coaches 2014 Speaking Tour Announced

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida fans can ask football coach Will Muschamp about
the 2014 team a few days before – and a few days after -- the Gators close
spring practice with the Orange & Blue Debut.

Muschamp is scheduled to speak to the Gainesville
Quarterback Club on April 8, only four days before
the spring game. And then five days after the Orange & Blue Debut, Muschamp
will continue his annual spring speaking tour on April 17 when he visits the Gator
Club of Jacksonville.

The speaking tour features eight
appearances by Muschamp, two by Gators basketball coach Billy Donovan, and four
by Muschamp’s assistant coaches.

In
an attempt to give Gator fans the opportunity to hear Muschamp, Donovan and the
assistant coaches speak and take questions, the tour is a product of a
collaborative effort by the UF Alumni Association, Gator Boosters, and the
University Athletic Association.

Muschamp
will open his fourth season at Florida when the Gators host Idaho in the 2014
season opener on Aug. 30. Meanwhile, Donovan’s Gators are currently ranked No.
1 in the country and have a school-record 21-game win streak.

Other
scheduled speaking engagements for Muschamp include May 1 in Fort Lauderdale
(Broward County Gator Club), May 5 in Tampa (co-hosted by Tampa Gator
Club/Pinellas County Gator Club), May 7 in Lakeland (Polk County Gator Club),
May 13 in Orlando (Central Florida Gator Club), May 20 in Gainesville
(Titletown Gator Club) and May 22 in Gainesville (Fightin’ Gator
Touchdown Club).

In
addition to Muschamp and Donovan hitting the road to speak to Gator fans,
assistants Kurt Roper (offensive coordinator), Mike Summers (offensive line)
and Coleman Hutzler (special-teams coordinator) will make stops on the tour.

Roper
is scheduled to speak in Ocala (Marion County Gator Club, April 14), Summers in
Tallahassee (Capital Area Gator Club, May 5) and Pensacola (Northwest Florida
Gator Club, May 8), and Hutzler in Daytona Beach (Volusia County Gator Club, May
6).